Pacific Coast Interscholastic Sailing Association                           
PCISA High School Doublehanded Championship
US Sailing Center, Long Beach, Calif.
April 22-23, 2006

April 23, 2006 Newport Harbor Leads PCC Top Five to Detroit LONG BEACH, Calif.---This time Newport Harbor outsailed longtime rival Point Loma, but the Pacific Coast Interscholastic Sailing Association's Pacific Coast Double Handed Championship was regarded by many as just a warm-up to a bigger game. "As I see it," said PCISA president Mike Segerblom after 23 teams sailed 24 races over two days Saturday and Sunday, "the five teams going forward from here will be the teams to beat at the Nationals."  That would be the Mallory Trophy regatta at Detroit May 13-14, where the rest of the weekend's top five---Corona del Mar, Marin Catholic of San Francisco and Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa---will join Newport Harbor and Point Loma. It was announced last week that the event will come to Long Beach next year, hosted by the US Sailing Center, which organized the PCC regatta for the top 20 ranked high school teams in California, plus three from Hawaii. Point Loma won the Mallory at Port Angeles, Wash. last year with Newport Harbor second, but this time the Orange County team dominated with wins in half of its race by it’s a and B teams. The A team was skipper Michael Menninger with Brooke Thompson and Christy Tatchell alternating as crew. The B team was Charlie Buckingham with Blaire Belling and Marla Menninger, who is co-captain with Matt Hogan. Despite the designations, the team is so deep that the talent is virtually equal. How does coach Caleb Silsby decide who sails with whom on which boat? "We weigh a number of factors," he said. "Certainly who's hot at the moment is one."  That would be hard to tell. "I expect stronger competition at Detroit," Marla Menninger said, "but we're ready for it."  The teams found sea breeze to 10 or 12 knots on the pocket-size race course set up adjacent to the Belmont Pier, where friends and families delighted in the action within earshot of the racers and teams rotated their CFJ dinghies every two races. "The breeze was perfect the whole time," Buckingham said, "and it was great having the spectators on the pier." INFORMATION www.pcisa.org www.highschoolsailingusa.org Mike Segerblom PCISA President US Sailing Center (562) 433-7939 mikesego@ussclb.org MEDIA CONTACT Rich Roberts (310) 835-2526 cell (310) 766-6547 richsail@earthlink.net

CLICK FOR MORE RESULTS CLICK FOR PHOTOS Final Standings 1. Newport Harbor 105 2. Point Loma 142 3. Corona del Mar 166 4. Marin Catholic 194 5. Calvary Chapel 195 6. Sage Hill 246 7. Venice 254 8. Francis Parker 258 9. San Marcos 271 10. Punahou 272 11. Dos Pueblos 273 12. L.B. Wilson 281 13. L.B. Poly 300 14. Redondo Union 300 15. Mater Dei 301 16. Coronado 302 17. The Bishops 319 18. Acalanes 331 19. Redwood 335 20. Loyola 364 21. Cathedral Catholic 410 22. Sacred Heart Acad. 480 23. Mid Pacific Institute 513